Kyle Shanahan held two quarterbacks above all others when assessing the 2021 NFL Draft class. One was Trey Lance. The other was Mac Jones. They were the QB prospects he "really wanted." "Those were the two guys that we were locked in on from the beginning,

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Quarterback Mac Jones, passed over by the 49ers with the No. 3 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, agreed Wednesday night to join them as Brock Purdy’s backup on a two-year contract, a league source